Back to writing :)

It has been 6 months since my last update here. So many things were happening throughout but I never tried to write anything other than updating my facebook.

I started going to a gym, following a very strict diet plan and lost many inches from my waist. After 6 months I have become 74.5Kg from 81.5Kg. Waist has reduced from 37" to 32" and I feel so good to wear Medium size again. I'm not that wow about it coz i was like this two years back. Still need to work out hard and be back in proper shape. :)

Eid holidays were spent in Dubai as I wasp planing for few months. That was an awesome experience to me. Visiting many places and seeing many things in Dubai, made me so happy.

Jeewani moved to Qatar, Met many new friends, Watched 3D movies, Bought an iPhone, Few new stuff to wear, Got addicted to Family guy and Master Chef Australia, Tried different types of food, Sheesha, Being mad about the driving test, Issues and happy moments at work, Experiencing the attitudes and kindness of people. That's the summary of last 6 months.

Hope to continue writing...Inshaalla!

Everything happens for the good

I found this nice story from Harshaa’s facebook profile. This anonymous story tells us the value of positive thinking and one of the great success principals on earth.

There was once a King who had a wise advisor. The advisor followed the King everywhere, and his favorite advice was, "Everything happens for the good". One day the King went hunting and had a little accident. He shot an arrow at his own foot and was injured. He asked the advisor what he thought about the accident, to which the advisor replied, "Everything happens for the good". This time the King was really upset and ordered for his advisor to be put in prison. The King asked his advisor, "Now, what do you think?" The advisor again replied, "Everything happens for the good". So the advisor remained in prison. 

The King later went on a hunting trip, this time without the advisor. The King was then captured by some cannibals. He was taken to the cannibals' camp where he was to be the evening meal for the cannibals. Before putting him into the cooking pot he was thoroughly inspected. The cannibals saw the wound on the King's foot and decided to throw him back into the jungle. According to the cannibals' tradition, they would not eat anything that was imperfect. As a result the King was spared. The King suddenly realized what his advisor said was true. The advisor also escaped death because had he not been in prison, he would have followed the King on the hunting trip, and would have ended up in the cooking pot. 

Success Principle 

It is true that everything in life happens for a purpose, and always for our own good. If you think about it, all our past experiences actually happened to bring us to where we are today, and it is always for the good. All the past experiences make us a better person. So, whatever challenges that we may face today, consider it happening to bring us to the next level.

Find the story here

The Garbageman

The night was very cold and windy. Azhar and I were sitting at the mosque and he suddenly spoke to a laborer who came that way. That was an old man with an uniform going to clean the garbage bins along the roads. His duty starts at late night and goes till the morning. He didn’t look very fit to work. He was supposed to be at home pampering his grand children and having great days his life, if his life was fair. But unfortunately, it was not.

 Azhar spoke to him in Hindi and asked “Keise ho Bhai Sahab?”  The man was very happy to hear that and he came to us, wished us and said that he was on the way to work.  I saw his innocent eyes were brightened with happiness of two strangers asking him how he is doing. Nobody notices him cleaning the bins at night which allow us to fill them back in the morning with our garbage. Nobody notices him working at night in his old age but only the clean roads in the morning. Nobody wants to ask how he is doing as he is just another garbage man.  He gave his hand to us, waved it softly and wished us the blessing of Allah. I’m sure neither Azhar knew him nor the old man knew Azhar. But, once small question made a normal garbage man feeling so special at that night. I saw it in his eyes.

“We have to go to the level of the people who are lower than us, to see what we have in our lives” 

were Azhar’s words to me. We will realize how lucky we are to have what we have right now when you look at the needy people. We will stop complaining and be glad to our lives instead.

How difficult is your life?

Life is very strange indeed. It is always with ups and downs. Sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s not. When you get things easily in life, definitely you will lose a lot too. If you have money, you don’t have happiness. If you have happiness, you don’t have money. If you have love, you may not see that. If you are good in your job, may be you are alone in life.

That is life and we have to accept it as it is. We might complain about what we don’t have in our lives as we can’t see what exactly we have. I used to do that a lot but not anymore. I’m glad that what I have got in my life. I have lost so many things may be because I deserve better in future.

I read this quote once but I don’t remember who has said it.

 “We always say that the life is very difficult. But, Compared to what?”

Nothing is easy in this world. Do you think living the day today life is easy? Leaving the loved once is easy? Studding is easy? Earning and spending is easy? Having a child or becoming a parent is easy? Being happy is easy? Nothing is easy. Everything has its own difficulties and problems. So we cannot find anything easy to compare our lives with and say that this is very difficult that the other. We just have to accept the life as it is and look in to the ways of achieving the best out of what we have.
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Home Away Home

We moved to our new place on 1^st of February. The earlier place was alright but the new place is better. Sachi and I went shopping to buy the necessities to the new place. We went to “Last Chance” and bought pillows, comforters, two small cupboards, a cloth rack, hangers and many more. We both finished work very late that night but we managed to shift all our stuff to the new place. We couldn’t find a vehicle to shift the bags so had to carry the bags and move them. Three rounds, its Kalas (Finish in Arabic).  After arranging the room till the down, I went to bed abound 3.30 am and got up at 6.30 am.

The new place belongs to a Sri Lankan family and located very close to the office. It’s in the top floor of a 3 story building with an attached bath room. A very cozy and lovely place which makes me feel like home. 

Greetings from Bahrain!

Manama - Capital of Bahrain

It's my 3rd week in Bahrain and first time out of the country.


Though I'm always used to stay away from home, alone in my own place, managing everything by myself when I was in SL, spending the very first few days in Bahrain was extremely difficult. Unknown culture, unknown people, freezing weather and Green-less environment made me home sick badly.

I remember how strong I was to leave the country. It was totally my own decision and I was ready for that. But for the first time when I saw the "Fully Brown" Arab sub continent through the window of the air craft, I realized how much I'm gonna miss my own place.

Life in Bahrain is not so different from Sri Lanka. You see so many Asians everywhere. Dining and accommodation are also alright. Food is the same as in Sri Lanka when it comes to the price but the accommodation is bit expensive. Its cold and rain here these days but i heard that the summer is horrible. 


People are quite friendly & welcoming and sometimes you don't feel as you are in an Islamic country. It is very much free culture here. Alcohol, Clubs, Restaurants, Hotels and Huge shopping malls are everywhere. Friday & Saturday is the weekend here, and its so damn happening. you sometimes forget that you are in Middle east.

More to come...
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